Test a Victorian firefighter cancer claim against the 15-cancer list
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the cancer, the years of service and the diagnosis date, using a firm-controlled tool, table WorkSafe's 15 cancers, the period, and whether the claim goes straight to an agent or to the advisory committee. Do not decide the presumption.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether the cancer, the period and the diagnosis date meet the page.
- Send a volunteer, vehicle and equipment worker, or surge forest firefighter to the committee question.
- Do not add a cancer the page does not list.
- Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Victoria, firefighter presumptive rights, WorkSafe page
Produce. A presumption table: cancer, years, diagnosis date, and the committee question.
Have ready. Pathology or diagnosis naming the cancer; Service dates with Fire Rescue Victoria, the Country Fire Authority or a forest agency; Whether the person was career, volunteer, maintenance or surge.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: A volunteer firefighter is diagnosed with a listed cancer eight years after the last turnout, with 14 years of service towards a 15-year cancer. The table marks the 10-year diagnosis window as met and the qualifying period as short. It notes the special-consideration time. The lawyer decides whether to use it.
Stop and hand it back when
- The cancer is not one of the 15.
- The diagnosis date or the service dates are missing.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the cancer, the years of service and the diagnosis date, using a firm-controlled tool, table WorkSafe's 15 cancers, the period, and whether the claim goes straight to an agent or to the advisory committee. Do not decide the presumption. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Match the diagnosis to one of the 15 names, not to a cancer from another scheme.
- Add the periods of service. Do not count the same period twice. A partial year counts as a full year.
- Check 1 June 2016 and the 10-year post-service limit.
- If the qualifying period fails, record that special consideration may be sought with the claim, while it is being decided, or within 60 days after rejection. Do not invent an exceptional exposure event.
Sources
- WorkSafe Victoria: presumptive rights compensation · 2026-10-23
- Safe Work Australia 29th edition, table 4.10, firefighter presumptions · 2026-10-23
No generative-AI practice note of the Workplace Injury Commission, Medical Panels or a Victorian court was opened. Apply the forum's current direction before a document is lodged.
The page's short title for the Act omits the word Compensation. The full title is the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013. The Country Fire Authority scheme for a volunteer who is not a worker was not opened. The 2023 comparison table was opened and is not used for a cancer or a period the WorkSafe page does not state.
If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.